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Understanding the Origins of Memorial Day
AARP· 3 days agoMoyler also points to the Lost Cause as a reason this story stayed hidden for so long, noting that Black people’s involvement and, at times, centrality...
Reparations package clears California's state Senate. What would the bills do?
The Desert Sun· 1 day agoCalifornia lawmakers’ years-long effort to establish reparations for Black residents took a step...
A Furious, Forgotten Slave Narrative Resurfaces After Nearly 170 Years
New York Times· 3 days agoJohn S. Jacobs was a fugitive, an abolitionist — and the brother of the canonical author Harriet...
Black farmers in Brazil changing views on coffee production
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 days agoRaphael Brandao beams with pride as he describes the high-end Brazilian coffee he produces with...
At 91, he’s one of the last surviving participants in a US program some described as ‘legalized ...
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe braceros program brought millions of workers from Mexico to the US. A newly named National...
ABC and NBC Legend Is Quitting TV
popculture.com· 4 days ago"Today, some personal news: after a wonderful ten years at NBC, next week I will report my last story here," McFadden...spanning over three decades, McFadden has had the opportunity ...
YOUR VIEW: Who is an extremist?
Montrose Daily Press· 3 days agoMost Americans would agree with Ed Henrie that extreme beliefs and politics are usually not a good thing. For example, if in 1859 a Christian pastor in Mississippi preached against ...
Inside the GOP plan to destroy social mobility in America
The Raw Story· 15 hours agoOdds are you’ve never heard of the “mudsill theory of labor,” but you and everybody else in this...
'The American mind is not all that small, and it welcomes all ideas.'
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBut they don't want our children to know about the evils of slavery. They don't want our children to...
A new task force is studying what reparations would look like in Philadelphia. Here’s what to know
Philly.com· 4 days agoThe Philadelphia Reparations Task Force has officially launched. The 10-member committee, which is...
